Hey everyone!


New guy here. I've been researching for the past day and I'm very interested in starting this hobby. I grow plants, bonsai trees actually, so the idea of having a setup with plants and animals is very interesting to me. I'm looking to get a pair of White's tree frogs. I am still uncertain as to the kind of substrate for live plants in the setup though. I want live plants all throughout the enclosure. I read that coconut fiber is good substrate, but certainly plants can't grow in that, right? I've read of people doing a layer of hydroton, then putting the substrate on top of that and planting the plants in that. For the other plants, like bromeliads, I assume I could just attach them to branches and all that.

Lighting. I was looking into LED lighting, but fear it may be too powerful for the frogs. The plants would love it, though. Should I just get a T8 light fixture instead?


I figured this would be a good start to my questions thread, thanks for any help!